{"id":91107,"date":"2025-02-26T04:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=91107"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:34:09","slug":"giving-rockets-the-power-to-do-what-they-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_26_2025\/giving-rockets-the-power-to-do-what-they-love","title":{"rendered":"Giving Rockets The Power To Do What They Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At The University of Toledo, we empower our students, faculty, clinicians and researches to embrace their unique passions. Through this approach, we continually see the positive impacts of their success. Whether it\u2019s creating life-saving procedures, inventing new sources of renewable energy, discovering information about our world or fostering future generations, at UToledo we have the power to change the future.<\/p>\n<p>The UToledo Foundation\u2019s mission is to give Rockets The Power To Do what they love. Rocket Forward Day of Giving was created to bring all of Rocket Nation together for one 36-hour fundraising challenge to do just that \u2014 by driving support and fueling the incredible impact Rockets make every single day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-91108\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Day-of-Giving-2025-GRAPHIC.png\" alt=\"Promotional graphic for the 2025 Day of Giving from Feb. 26-27, with a photo of a female and male student talking outside.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Day-of-Giving-2025-GRAPHIC.png 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Day-of-Giving-2025-GRAPHIC-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>From 6 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, through 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, it is our time to do even more for our community by showing our support for and amplifying the success of every Rocket. From alumni to students, faculty, staff, patients and friends, each of us plays a vital role in moving the UToledo experience forward.<\/p>\n<p>With so many ways to participate, it is easy for anyone to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2025\">Make a direct impact by donating to any area you care about<\/a>. There are more than 2,000 funds to choose from, including scholarships, research, patient care, athletics and alumni or student programs. Every gift \u2014 big or small \u2014 helps contribute to UToledo\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2025#pre-launch-amp-up-your-impact-section\">Sign up to be an advocate<\/a> and you may earn Rocket gear for your efforts! Advocates support the campaign by spreading the word and generating excitement through email, video and social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2025#pre-launch-community-partners-section\">Shop for a cause by supporting any of our community partners<\/a> and know that your dollars also will be supporting UToledo. Check out our list of local partners or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jupmodesupply.com\/collections\/university-of-toledo-day-of-giving-utdg25\">stock up on your Rocket merch<\/a> and support Rocket Forward Day of Giving at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to learn more and show your UToledo love at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2025\">give.utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4yLkszF4w0?si=DPTzkSCY0XfekPtg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_26_2025\/giving-rockets-the-power-to-do-what-they-love\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Day-of-Giving-2025-GRAPHIC-150x150.png\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Promotional graphic for the 2025 Day of Giving from Feb. 26-27, with a photo of a female and male student talking outside.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The annual 36-hour Day of Giving campaign kicked off at 6 a.m. today, Feb. 26, and runs through 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. Learn more about Day of Giving and show your UToledo love at give.utoledo.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":916,"featured_media":91108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,50,56,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91121,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91107\/revisions\/91121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}